Improvement in street-cars



s. H. LITTLE.

Street-Car.

Patented June 8,1875.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

SAMUEL H. LITTLE, or ROSEMOND, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN STREET-CARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 64,31 l, dated J11110 8, 1875; application filed January 29, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL H. LITTLE, of Rosemond, in the county ofChristian and State of Illinois, have invented a certain Improvement inStreet-Railway Cars, of which the following is a specification:

This invention relates to the opening and closing the rear door ofstreet-railway cars by a cord or strap whose ends are attached to thedoor, and which is under control of the driver.

Figure l is an elevation of my improvement, a portion of the rear wallof the car being broken away to show the parts within. Fig. 2 is a planof the cord, pulleys, 850., showin g their arrangement.

A is the rear wall of the car, and B the door, which is supported onrollers 0, running on a rail or track, D, as shown. Attached to the postb, arising from the top of the door, is one end, 6, of a cord or strap,that passes around pulley E, and over the door to the pulley F, fromwhich the cord passes down through the trunk Gr and under the pulley H,from which it passes through the trunk or boxing I to the drum J,beneath the front platform. The cord is there attached to, or coiledaround, the drum J. This drum is turned by the driver by means of ahand-crank on its shaft j, shown in section in Fig. 2. From the drum Jthe cord passes back through the trunk I and beneath the pulley K, thenup the vertical trunk G and over the pulley L, and to its place ofattachment to the door at o.

By turning the drum J the door is opened or closed, the cord beingconnected to the door at about the level of the rollers O, which runeasily along their rail D.

A modification of the above is shown in dotted lines. In this case thedrum J is placed over the drivers head, beneath the hood or canopy, oneend of the cord being attached to the post I), and this passes aroundone side of the pulley M, the cord then passing to the drum J along thetrunk or boxing N, and from the drum back through the trunk to thepulley O, and to, and around, the pulley P, and to the post I), to whichit is attached.

I claim as my invention- 1. A sliding door for street-cars, operated inboth directions by means of a continuous cord arranged within reach ofthe driver.

2. The combination of the door B, cord or strap a e, and drum J, withnecessary intervening pulleys, to enable the opening and closing of thedoor by the driver on the front platform, substantially as described.

In testimony of which invention I have hereunto set my hand.

SAML. H. LITTLE.

Witnesses SAML. KNIGHT, CHARLES PIoKLEs.

